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About Samuel Johnson
1709 – 1784
English writer, critic and lexicographer, compiler of 'A Dictionary of the English Language' (1755), whose conversation was recorded by James Boswell.
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“The wise man will live as long as he ought, not as long as he can.”
“The better part of valour is discretion; in the which better part I have saved my life.”
“So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”
“Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage.”